East Cottages, Kirkland is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986.
East Cottages, Kirkland
- WRENN ID
- vacant-corridor-smoke
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- OS grid reference
- NX 809 904
- Coordinates
- 55.1937, -3.87169
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
East Cottages comprise a terraced row of four mid-19th century single-storey cottages. They originally had a central door to each property and three bays. The cottages now have modern panelled and glazed doors and 12-pane sash windows, all with hood moulds. They are constructed of whin rubble with ashlar dressings. Corniced axial stacks rise from the roofs, which are covered in slate. The statutory address is Kirkland Village Cottages.
Local climate
East Cottages, Kirkland sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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